linux-kernel - Re: IPv4: ip_options_compile() how can we avoid blowing up on a NULL skb???

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Message-Id: <E1GkrjY-0004Dt-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:37:32 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	davem@...emloft.net (David Miller)
Cc:	jesper.juhl@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPv4: ip_options_compile() how can we avoid blowing up on a NULL skb???

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> I'm very happy to accept a patch which assert's this using BUG()
> checks :-)

A BUG() won't be necessary because the NULL pointer dereferences will
OOPS anyway.

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